Metal breeching-eye



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- 0. B. WEBB.

METAL BREEOHING EYE.

WINESSE 1W VEJV' TOR tl'nTTnn STATES PATENT rrroa CHARLES BINGLEY \VEBB, OF HOPKINSVILLE, KENTUCKY.

METAL BREECHlNG-EYE.

CPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 318,527, dated May 26, 1885.

Application filed February 16, 1885.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES BINGLEY 151513, a citizen of the United States, residing at llopliinsville, in the county of Christo the trace or short chain near or opposite the It is intended to dodraft-animals flank. away with the leather cap, which attaches a ring to the breeching at the place indicated near dral't-animals flank, and with the string by which the ring was attached or tied to the trace.

The object of the invention is to provide a light, cheap, and durable breeching eye or cap, and to facilitate the fastening and unlastening of the breeching to the trace.

The invention is also intended to do away with the ring which now attaches the breeching to the trace by means of the leather cap holding it to the breeching and the string tying it to the trace.

These objects are attained by the method set forth and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, where- Figure 1 represents a front view of the metal brecohing-eye as it will appear on the breeehing, with the straps of the breeching running under it from above and the hook or snap which hooks into the trace. Fig. 2 represents a sectional elevation of same.

Similar letters refer to similar parts th rou ghout the several views.

The line 0 c c c c in Fig. 1 shows the outer margin or circumference of the manufacture. That part, A A A, between said line and line a a is metal, smooth and even, except where rivets (denoted by H) are inserted, until it reaches the line (I (Z, where the metal thickens.

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That part, D D,which is between the lines a a and b b represents a space, which shows the leather under the metal. The part 0, inclosed in the lines I) b, is a hole, which maybe cut through the leather when an additional strap is desired to be used for heavy-draft purposes. The part B, inclosed in the lines (Z (Z c c at the lower part of the figure, represents the swelled or enlarged portion of the metal in which'the snap E is fastened. F and G at the top of the figure indicate the breeching straps, to which the metal eye will be at taehed. Fig. 2 represents a sectional view of the same, showing the enlargement B, where the metal is swelled or enlarged, to give strength where the only strain occurs, in which enlargement the eye or hole is made in which the hook E is fastened. In this figure, A represents the metal represented by A A A in Fig. 1. H shows a rivet running through and fastening the leather of the breeching G and the leather lining in the rear to the metal A. Theleathcr lining is represented by K K. I

In Fig. 2, K K shows alcather lining the size and shape of the metal breeching-eye 011 the front. The part 0 shows where a hole may be cut for a strap when an additional strap is desired for heavy-draft purposes. Between this leather lining and the metal attachment in front the two heavy breechingstraps G and F come down, and are fastened and held by the rivets (indicated at H) in the leather lining. These rivets extend through the leather lining, the breeching, and the metal attachment in front, holding them all together.

It will be seen that by placing the metal plate on the outer side of the straps, it does not come in contact with the flank of the draft-animal; hence there is no chafing.

E represents the hook or snap by which the breechingeye will be fastened to the trace.

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The combination, with the breechingstraps, of the metal plate riveted to and connecting the same, said plate having an en larged portion, B, formed with an opening,

and a snaphook adapted to engage said open- 1 ing, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the breeehing and hip straps, of a metal plate located on the hip straps at one end, and having registering openings, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

i I CHARLES BINGLEY \VEBB. outer side thereof, and a leather strip on the l Vitnesses:

R. W. HENRY, .T. E. RIOKETTE.

other side, said plate and strip being secured together and connecting the breeching and 

